671 Reassembly Q's

The service manual is incorrect. There are 100's of errors in there. I guess Lionel never proof -read before printing. You have it upside down. The large head of the rivet (stud) rides on the lip on the bottom of the truck. Then on the top side of the truck the washer, spring with the large winding sits in the cup of the rivet, and the small end butts against the frame of the loco. Stem of stud goes through the frame of course.

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OK Chuck,

That makes more sense. What method do you use to stake the rivet/stud to the draw bar in the rear truck ??

I have a special rivet anvil from Lionel, but you could use a nail with the end rounded off to stake it in place. Then use a small drop of superglue if needed.

I mis-read your post, If you want to rivet the stud to the drawbar, that makes it more difficult because of the center axle. I crush the rivet with a pair of side cutters then some solder around that.

Here are a couple of photos. I doubt either of these have ever been worked on. The first two photos are a 1946 2020 and the second two are a somewhat later 671.